Description Ernest Shackleton sailed to the South Pole as the First World War broke out in Europe, intent on making the first ever trans-Antarctic crossing.
i]South /i] is Shackleton's first-hand account of the epic expedition, which he described as the last great journey on earth.
During the journey, their ship, the Endurance, became trapped by ice and was crushed, forcing the men to survive in and escape from one of the world's most hostile environments.
With no hope of rescue.
John Beaufoy Publishing South!: the story of shackleton's last expedition 1914-1917/ernest shackleton
